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J. S. CANTELO SHOE RACK Filed OCT.. 28 1921 3 Sheets-Shea?. 1

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J. s. CANTELO SHOE RACK Filed Oct. 28. `1921 3 Sheets-Shah?. 2

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J. s. 'CANTELQ SHOE RACK Filed oct. 2a. 192i 3 sheets-shew 5 Patentedaug. a1, leas.

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JOHN S. CANTELO, E EAST-CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

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. 'Application medvociber 28,. 1921. sria1`N``.j5i1,o14.

which the following description, lin -connection with the accompanyingdrawings, isa

f specification, likecharacters onfthe drawings representing like partsin each Vof thel several views. i l

This invention relates to racks .for holdingand moving objects fromplace to place.y and while having otherr and more general fields ofusefulness is well adapted andv especially designed for holding andconveying shoes from onede-partment offa shce factory to another, in thecourses of their manufacture. A prime object ofthe invention is toprovide a shoe rack wherein t-he series of spaced apart trays. orshelves constituting the shoe holders, aresupported and` held rigidly inspaced relation from a truck base by means of unitary uprights extendingup from the ends of the trucktransversely central ofthe rack and thusspaced a sub-g stantial distance' from the corners ofthe rack trays; lnaccordance with my invention am enabled to produce arack thus held by,unitary transversely central uprights at the ends of the rack'either inmetal or in-wood, *that is strong andrigid, capable vof withstanding theseverest use in shoe factories without lbecoming loose in they Vjoint-s.or rickety. further object is to provide an improved constructionwhereby any .looseness or play that might arise from` shrinkage of thewood or wear of the metal may I beA easily and quickly taken up so thatthe rack is maintained rigid and serviceable, X further object is toprovide an improved construction permitting convenient taking down andfolding up of the rackwhenrequired and permitting also a quick and easyreassemblage and setting up thereof. A further object is to provideiinproved means for bracing and holding spaced the several shelves ortrays ofthe rack at an intermediate or central point lengthwise thereof,this means including a device adapted tobe readily taken up oradjustedto compensate for shrinkage or wear` and restore rigidity Vto thestructure. Still further yobjects are to provide improvements infeatures of assemblage between the various parts of the structurewhereby with ya minitransverse section; y

mum Vof material andthefsrnalle'st possible number ofparts ai strong andrigid rack either entirely of metal, or partly of metal and partly vinwoodmay beproduced. foregoing and 'other objects, andadvantages of theinvention will more fully appear fromv the, yfollowingdetaileddescription, and the vdistinctive features of novelty willbepoint'- ed out inthe appendedclaims Referring to: fthe. drawings Fig. 1is a side elevation of a rack constructed in accordance withmy'invention;

Fig. 2 is an end View thereof;

Fig. 3 is aihorizontal section fon the 3 -3 of Figfl; Y Y. Y Fig. is 'afragmentary detailshowing j portion of one end of the rack enlarged 4andwith a cross bar of one oftheshelves in Fig. 5 is a transversesectiononline 5--5 Fig. G .is` an enlarged. fragmentary elevation looking.endwise yof the rackf and showing lthe intermediate spacing and bracingmembers andthe manner in which they,are(A engaged with a. crosgg'bar Fig.7 is a transverse sectiononthe,line of-Flg. 6; I

. F 8 is a sectional detailof oneend of the rackshowing a modification;I'

Figli) is a detail .elevation showing a modified form vof-.endsupporting unit and correspondingly I nodied form of securing.

the cross bars thereto Figi 10 is a transverse section on lineiT-iOfofFig. 9, Fig. .1l is a sectionaldetail showing the manner ofsecuring the cross .piecesto' the lengthwise extending bars;

iig. l2 isa sectional detailshowing device Vfor adjusting the tie rods,which con,-

stitute the intermediate spacing andbracing members ofthe rack;

. Fig. 13 is a plan view showing 4the truckv of my in ventionandVillustrating `themanner I' provide a trucklO preferably as shown, 4ofchannel iron, mitered .at its; corners as seen atll and havingsuitablemreinforcmg ica Y proportioned-so as to meet midway of vmiteredcorners 1l.

plates 12 bolted or riveted into said corners. The truck thusconstituted has side rails 10a and end rails composed of extensions 10bof f the 10b are the ends of the truck where their'extr'einities are inabutting relation., `These bent-in end porthe side rails, bent at rightangles at These extensions from the respective side railspreferablytions l? are then joined fand `made rigid to constitutecontinuous jen'd railsby suitable b'onding` inember`s shown as channelViron pieces v10F-which are riveted or otherwiseV secured to the railportions 10badjacent the.

extremities thereof, making-the same strong and rigid andrenderingwthe'truck thus formed, a strongwand reliable `base for theshoe rack. This truck base is equipped Vwith suitable castersjl.` Theseries ot shelves or trays for-holding the shoes are indicated at 14these f rays being Vformed of lengthwise extending. bars andy cross bars16. The lengthwise barsV 15V and cross bars 16 may be secured' togetherin anysuitable manner' but for rigidity andsimplicity combined, lpreferably slot the bars 15 at the point wh'ere'the bai-s 16 abutthereagainst Y Y andlalso slot the ends ot-the bars 16 in register.therewith7 and 'inserta locking piece or plate 17 into such slot, thisplate having :is shown a turned down end 18 and being apertured toreceive the screws 19, 20 which are driven down through the bars 15 and16 respectively.

In accordanceY with my invention the series of spaced apart trays 14 areheld rigid land in assembled relation above r`and onV the i truckl() by'unita-ryupri'ghtsat thegends of above and below the cross'l bar asseen' at 24,'

the truck and transversely central thereof aiidfot' the trays. Thesecentral supporting `units are preferably each in one piece, and alsopreferably, though not necessarily, piv- Yoted to the truck 10.v AsShownin Figs. 1

to 5, eachend vsupportfunit iscoi'nposed 'of a channel bar 21-having itslower portion split centrally lengthwise as indicated Vat Q2 with itslower ends bent away tioni each other symmetrically in divergingrelation so th at ports, I preferably'provide metallic clipsV bentaround the channel'iron `ofthe Aupright 211, respectivelyl The ends ofthese clips adjacent the bar 16are formed with, bent out projections 25,256Y respectively adaptedto tit against the top and bottom of the bar 16the lower one of these projections being shown as having anA upturnedvextremity 26 to provide a socket .for the bottom of the bar. inanentlyriveted to the upright 21 as at 27 while the upper clip 24 is removablyand adjustably clamped to the upright by a clamp bolt having a wing nut28 permitting the same to be readily adjusted aga-inst the top of thebar 16 and alsoV disengaged for taking downlthe'rack to fold up the samewhen required. In furtherance of this capability of taking down andfolding up the rack the cross bars 16`are secured' tothe respectiveclips 24, Q4 by having pins 29 inserted through the projectionsrQ, 25fand held frictionally or otherwise in holes there- .tor of the cross bar16. As shown in Fig. i o the projections 25, 25 are preferably;rela-r,y

tively long, i. e., extending some little beyond the width of the Vclips24, 24d ateither Y side theieof'as indicated at 30. The lowerinost'traywhich comes opposite the forked lower-portions of the vbars 21,Yisrshown. as secured thereto by boltsQeb which may of course beremovable. bracing, and also `properly spacing apart-the series of traysintermediate the length there-V bottom of vthe next. The intermediatecross bais 32have secured to the undersides thereof' and at their middleportions metallic clips orplatesr 34 shown as flanged, these-platesbeing shown as held to' the bars by screws 34a. tubes 33 extends from anintermediate bar of the truck 10 up to abut against the plate or clip3-1-A at the bottoni of the lowermost tray.r Then the next one of thetubesV extendsfrom the top of said pla-te or clip SLL up through lthecross bar and up the bottom of the next clipdV to abut thereagainst asseen in. Fig. 7. This assemblage is continued vto the top` ot the rackwhere the topmost cross bar 32 has lit-ted therethrough a sleeve or tube35 `formed with' and depending from a nut 36 adaptedto engage over thetop ot' said cross bar, the, tube 35 being threaded .on to the top ofthe tierrod 31 as seen at 37 The tube 35 terminates some little short ofthe adjacent clip or plate 34e' as seen at 38 affording clearance so'that upon turning up the Vnut 86 'the entire series of tray cross bars3Q willV be rigidly and immovably'clamped to .the spacing tubes vand'A'against the 'clips 34:,

ythus tying the severa trays together, and to the truck strongly andreliably intermediate the length thereelf its seen in Fig. 6 pret-.,erably employ two of the tie rods 31 Vwith their respective series otspacing tubes, these lThe lower clip 24a is shown as pei- ForYsupporting and 1 lil@ As 'shown the. lowerinost one of the'- tie rodsbeing relatively fixed close together, i. e., spaced in a substantialdistance from the sides of the trays, so that there are no projectinguprights presenting obstacles or corners either at the ends of the rackor intermediate thereof, this being an important and valuable fea-turein practice.

As shown in Figi. 8 instead of having the upright end supporting unitspivoted to the truck, they may be detachably bolted theref to, so thatinstead of folding the uprights.V

down on tothe truck when thetruck is to YVbe taken down, they may bereadily del ing the same to the channel iron upright 2l,

tached. For this purpose I show the truck channel iron 10a with itscorner reinforcing brackets 12a, having a clamp bolt`39 securwith aninterposed reinforcing strut 40. VAccording to a further modification asshown in Figs. 9` and 10, instead of hai/ing the end upright units ofchannel 'iron they may be ofwood as seenl at 2lb. In this case. I mayprovide a metallic clip in the form of a plate 41 secured by screws orotherwise to the upright 2lb, this having van extended dependingportion' 42 to insure against tor-- sional twisting and to brace itstrongly.

` This plate-clip has its end'portions struck out at each side of theupright 2lb as seen' at43 with upturned extremities 44 to constitutevsockets into which the cross bars 16a maybe litted. These cross bars mayalso.

be bolted tothe uprights by through clamping bolts 45 with nuts 46projecting outward convenient of access for removalot said bolts to takedownthe rack. Y

It is thus to be noted that in the principal form of the invention setforth, vand in the modiiied "forms as well, a structure of exceptionalrigidityV alongV with maximum simplicity is produced, that istatV the`same time capable of being mostconveniently taken down into a compactspace, or set upV I am aware `.that the,

for use as required. invention may be embodied vin other specific Viormswithout departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof. and Itherefore desire the present embodiment to be consi'dover said truck inspaced apart relation eonsisting in metallicupright at each end of saidtruck extending up transversely een` tral of said trays, having itslower end forked a substantial distance from the bote tom, and with theforks spread apart to constitute bracing means, and clips secured tosaid uprights equipped with means for engagingand'. rigidly holding therespective trays immovable with respect to said uprights. v

2.1A shoe rack, comprising a truck ibase, a series of shoe holdingtrays, and means for rigidly supporting said trays from said base inspaced apart relation consisting n in an upright ineachendl ci saidbaseextending up transversely central .ot said trays and having. itsvlowerendv forked toyconstitute transverse bracing means-.the lower Sends'of said uprightis being movably secured to said base, and clipssecuredl to said uprights equipped with means for engaging and rigidlyholding the respective trays imiiiovably clips having provision for upand down'ad-Y justment on said upright-sito take up Jfor shrinkage andrack.

3. AA shoe rackrcomprising a truck, `a se`V ries off shoeV holdingtrays,v and means for rigidly supporting said trays from r' said truckin spacedapart relation, consisting in channel irons secured to therespectiveends of the truck extending up transversely cen with respectto said uprights, certain of said to permit taking down of the.,

ter of said trays, said'channel irons for-med i Vto be self-bracing atthe lowery ends there-of with Vrespect to said truck without` separatebracing means, and having clips ,engagedr therewith Vor securing' thesameV rigidly with respect to said trays. 1 Y

4. A shoe rack comprising a truck, asef ries of shoe holding trays, andmeans' oi" supp'ortingjsaidtrays from said ftruck in spacedapart.relationV consisting 'in channel irons: fixed tothe`respectiveends of Vthe truck, and extending up transversely een#k tralof said trays, and ineansV of securing-ther ends oixsaid trays andsaid'channel irons, the lower portion of said channel irons be ingforked and spread apart a `substantial distance from thekbottom .thereofV'engage-d with the respective Vsides of vthe .truck Vto brace the sametransversely.

5. A shoe'rack. comprising a truck base,

a series of shoe 'holding trays, and means forl rigidly supporting saidtrays from said base' and in spaced 'apart relation consisting in'upright channel irons secured to said base and extending. upktransversely central ot said trays` metallic clips' `iitted around saidchannel irons and detachably secured there- '1 ico to,'ea'ch'of saidclips havinga transversely extending projection, and means forscourtions of said trays 6. A shoe rack,v comprising a truck, a seriesof shoe holding trays having Ytrames of ing said projections of saidclips to end porwood. means for supporting said trays'from said truckatthe endsV thereof, and means for bracing` and spacing intermediate*por-V tions of said trays' consisting in spaced apart i top to bottoiwith said rod :torV clamping saidtubes' and said trays in rigidly?assembled elation 'with Y Y 'unobstructed said truck.

7. A shoe rack, comprising a `truck, a sefy ries Voi' shoe 'holdingtrays vof wood, ineans' ior supporting saidtraystrom said truck at theends tliereo't,and moans 'tor bracing and spacing intermediate portionsoit said vtrays consisting in aV n'ietailic rod extending trom fot'therack both longitudinal'- ly and transversely intermediate thereof, saidrodextending through cross bars vof said'trays, 'tubes iitted to extend-iroin the bottom of one tray to the bottom ot the next Y and iittedthrough `said cross bar, a-inetallic Y ends the-root, and means forbracing `VandV Yio inein'ber applied to the bottoniof each cross baragainst which the ends ot said tubes abut, and means enargged. with saidrod tor adjustably'V Yclamping said tubes and said trays in rigidlyassembled relation -with said truck.` Y.

8.v A shoe rack, comprising a truck, a series of slioeholding traysotwood, vmeans 'for supporting said trays 'liroin lsaid truck at thespacing intermediateportions otsaid trays consisting in a metallicrodexuonding from top to bottom orn the rack bothiongitudinally and'transversely intermediate thereof,

saidrod extending through cross'bars oit' said trays',vtubes litted onsaid rodeach extendingY Jfrorn'the'bottom ot one tray tothe bottomotthenext and fitted through said cross bar, a metallic Ymeinber appliedtothe bottoni or' 'each cross bar against YWhich the ends ofsaid tubesabut, land means engaged With said rodrtor adjustably damping said tubesand said trays in rigidly assembled vren lation with said truck, said.means com-V posed eta nutengaged vith the top of said rod and having` adepending tube formed therewith and :fitted down through the cross barofthe top one ot said trays.

9. A shoe rack comprising atruclga se ries ot shoe holding trays, andmeans for rigidly supporting said trays from said truck in spaced apartrelation consisting of Vvertical standards at eachend of saidtruclrextending up transversely at the centerof f Y maar?? the ends of saidtrays, lhaving their lower ends bituicated a substantial distance fromthe bottoms thereorn and' spread apart to constitute transverse bracingmeans', `the lower ends oil said standards being niovablysecured tosaid-truck, and'cl'ips secured to said truck to said'standards by pivotmeans, said trays being crossetreed fon y'said standards and thespacingfbetween said trays at their outer Vcorners being iree 'and l0'.A `channel iron. truck for 4shoer racks and theV like Y formed of two`siderails andtWo end rails, the open-side oi' the-channel iron facinginward, said end rails'beingfa continuation of said side'iails,the-upper and lowerA iveb's ofthe 'channelfiron being cut away andmitered permitting the cen.-

ter web to bend at right; angles, with` rei-ir. forcing means at thecornerstl'ius formed,

the extremities or" the channel iron abutting and securedtogetheradgacentthe center, et an end of a truck.r

ll. A shoe rack comprising-a Ytruck fbase,-

uprights extending from ythe ends gthereof, and shosholding trayssecured to said upright-s, each of'saidrrtrays having side and end barssecured together by finortise and tenon or like joints,fthe ends of saidvbars adjacent and at Ythe junctions thereof being Vslotted and havingx'ed in ea'oliotsa'id slots a locking plate member with the endsvthereof turned, Aone upward andv'thegother,doyvnf Ward and adapted ltoengage and fit'againstv the side and end bars respectively. i

12,v A shoeraclr comprisinga truck, a' se- ,Y ries orn shoe holdingtrays, andfmeans lio'r rigidly supporting said vtrays vfrom said` truckin spaced apart relation consisting Iin an upright in each end ot saidtruck extendi ing up transversely central' yof Ysaid trays l and havingits lower ends forked to-constitute transverse bracing means, the lowerends otsaid uprights being secured-to said truck, saiduprig ts beingprovided with a plurality of clips iixed thereto in pairs, the upperclips ot said pairshaving van up and down `movement for thereception,therebetween ot the ends of said trays, said clips-beingvprovided with bolts or pins which passvertically through lthe end ofsaid trays 'and through said clips, thus clampingthelsame in rigidrelation with the standards.

ln testimony whereof, l have signed my naine to this specilication. Y

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